Cause: Colorectal Cancer

It was January 2013. It was a long weekend in Australia, while most Aussies were having BBQs and playing back yard cricket; I was being admitted into the local hospital with severe abdominal pain. Once the doctor felt confident that I wasn’t a junkie needing a fix, he gave me …

In 2011, after 20+ years of marriage, I finally had the courage to leave a man I no longer recognized. I won’t get into the issues – suffice to say, you can NOT control anyone but yourself and all the prayers in the world sometimes aren’t answered in the way …

Hello! My name is Angela Van Zandt. I’m 42 and a mother of three awesome kids. I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in Oct. ‘17.  I had no prior health concerns before this month. My cancer spread to my liver and lungs. I had surgery to remove a …

My FLAG story begins innocently enough, as I had no clue that anything was wrong. I knew I was losing some weight but attributed that to the fact that I was finally off the hormones that I’d been taking for over 10 years. Also, I didn’t have any other of …

Last year, at the age of 45, I was taken to the emergency room for what I believed to be extreme constipation with abdominal pain. Once in the emergency room, I was told that I needed to be admitted because I had a hole in my colon and was becoming septic. I …

Hi, my name is Brenda, and I worked with people with disabilities for the last 8 years. In January, my husband scheduled both of us for colonoscopies. His results came back fine, but mine came back with the cancer diagnosis. But I’m lucky!!! I did 6 weeks of chemo and radiation …

It’s already been almost two years in November since I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. It was the scariest thing to have to go through, as I’m 28 with two children. I’m their only caregiver, and knew that I had to do what was possible to get better. My tumor was right …

I am 32 years old. I found out I had stage 4 colon cancer that had spread to my liver. Finding out was not easy for me. I went to the ER due to stomach pains and excessive vomiting. Turned out, I had a big mass of cancer blocking my …

I will start with my grandma. My grandma was amazing. She didn’t judge me, and she always loved me for who I am. She was my very best friend. The first time she was diagnosed with colon cancer, she was lucky they even discovered it. My grandma had a fall, …

Hi, my name is Crystal Smith. My sister, Lisa Boyd, suddenly found out about a month ago that she has stage 4 rectal cancer. She is starting her third week of chemo pills, two times a day, seven days a week, and radiation treatments, five days a week. She has a loving …